Stromboli, Erupting Close to Sunset ...

... nearly on schedule, it erupts about every 20 minutes. Unfortunately, we didn't catch a big fireworks show after we had cruised around the island to view Sciara del Fuoco, a collapsed portion of the volcano. We did see some small flames and bits of magma spurt out, but it lasted barely a few seconds, and were unable to catch anything decent on camera.

Volcano

July 17th 2012
Geo: 38.8024, 15.2379Stromboli - one of the main reasons for visiting the Aeolian Islands, beyond checking out some place new in Sicily, was to see this volcanic island, the only permanently active one in the Aeolians. Scores of tourists visit every day on tours, so like two sheep we followed the others on one of the typical Panarea and Stromboli tours, offered by several different companies in ... read more

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